Composition of Matter Patent Allowance Covers Adipose-Derived Stem and Progenitor Cells

October 8, 2008 Filed Under: Health care

A Notice of Allowance was issued to the University of California by the United States Patent & Trademark Office for composition of matter claims pending in a patent application licensed by Cytori Therapeutics. The allowed claims cover a population of stem cells, progenitor cells and other replicating cells, which can be obtained from human adipose tissue. The allowed patent broadens Cytori’s... 

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

September 2, 2008 Filed Under: Traveling Nurse

Education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing, West Virginia University; master’s degree in nursing, University of Kentucky; doctorate in nursing, Indiana University Occupation: Professor of nursing at the University of Pittsburgh, where she heads the doctoral and master’s programs in nursing leadership Background: Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing; previously served as chief nursing... 

Doris L. Manatt was a 1941 graduate of Leominster High School and graduated from the Burbank School of Nursing, Class of 1945, in Fitchburg as a registered nurse

August 15, 2008 Filed Under: Nursing Online, Registered Nursing

Paul Florent Gibson, 89, of Manassas, formerly of Acton, died Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at Manassas Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born March 5, 1919 in Pittsburgh, Pa., he was the son of Florent and Beatrice Wertz Gibson. On Nov. 4, 1941 in Pittsburgh, he married the former Jeanne (Shangraw) Sheldon who preceded him in death on Jan. 8, 2001. Mr. Gibson graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in...